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Tue, 03 Mar 2015 23:52:57 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: A Sign Of Things To Come? Culling Gray Seal Populations To Protect The Cod Fishery. - Jubbling.comhttp://news.nationalpost.com/2012/01/16/atlantic-cod-study-stokes-debate-over-government-sanctioned-seal-killing/#comment-28574
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:22:28 +0000http://news.nationalpost.com/?p=130145#comment-28574[…] population of 350,000 in order to help resurrect their struggling cod fishery. According to an article in Canada’s National Post, the grey seal population doubles every ever 7 years and adult […]
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Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:10:44 +0000http://news.nationalpost.com/?p=130145#comment-28573[…] where a resurgent population of Atlantic gray seals is being held responsible by fishermen for the failure of cod stocks to bounce back, the fisheries department’s Science Advisory Secretariat last year proposed an experimental cull […]
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Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:43:31 +0000http://news.nationalpost.com/?p=130145#comment-28572[…] where a resurgent population of Atlantic gray seals is being held responsible by fishermen for the failure of cod stocks to bounce back, the fisheries department’s Science Advisory Secretariat last year proposed an “experimental” […]
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Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:01:59 +0000http://news.nationalpost.com/?p=130145#comment-28571[…] where a resurgent population of Atlantic gray seals is being held responsible by fishermen for the failure of cod stocks to bounce back, the fisheries department’s Science Advisory Secretariat last year proposed an “experimental” […]
]]>By: Smarting Over Cod Shortages, Fishermen Blame Seals Rhonn Mitchell Rhonn Laighton Mitchellhttp://news.nationalpost.com/2012/01/16/atlantic-cod-study-stokes-debate-over-government-sanctioned-seal-killing/#comment-28570
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:28:16 +0000http://news.nationalpost.com/?p=130145#comment-28570[…] where a resurgent population of Atlantic gray seals is being held responsible by fishermen for the failure of cod stocks to bounce back, the fisheries department’s Science Advisory Secretariat last year proposed an “experimental” […]
]]>By: Smarting Over Cod Shortages, Fishermen Blame Seals - NYTimes.comhttp://news.nationalpost.com/2012/01/16/atlantic-cod-study-stokes-debate-over-government-sanctioned-seal-killing/#comment-28569
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:13:05 +0000http://news.nationalpost.com/?p=130145#comment-28569[…] where a resurgent population of Atlantic gray seals is being held responsible by fishermen for the failure of cod stocks to bounce back, the fisheries department’s Science Advisory Secretariat last year proposed an […]
]]>By: News Analysis and Opinions by gladyschua - Pearltreeshttp://news.nationalpost.com/2012/01/16/atlantic-cod-study-stokes-debate-over-government-sanctioned-seal-killing/#comment-28568
Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:55:25 +0000http://news.nationalpost.com/?p=130145#comment-28568[…] “To the degree that there is a scientific consensus, grey seals are not considered to have been a significant predator of cod on the Scotian Shelf,” write Robert O’Boyle and Michael Sinclair of the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in the paper. But their re-analysis of available data, including “bottom trawling surveys” done each summer and inspection of seal scat and stomach contents, shows that “increases in natural mortality of cod on the Eastern Scotian Shelf since the late 1980s have been due in large part to the exponential growth of the grey seal population.” The finding was welcomed by a fishing industry group as something like a vindication. But now, a study has found that grey seals — top predators that can weigh as much as a bear — do in fact eat a lot of cod, and are largely responsible for the fish’s decline. Atlantic cod study renews debate over grey seal cull | News | National Post […]
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